Flat-iron.



r. A. BONBOE.

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Patented Se t; 22', 1908 WITNESSES WVENTOR 'aca/wOzebyp n ii i FRANK 1.BOZSROIB, or srjLouts, mssounr.

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Specification of I I Application filed October 8 T 0. all whom it mayconcern:

B'e'it known that I, FRANK A. Bonnon', a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Flat-Irons, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in flat irons, and hasfor itsobject to provide. a flat, iron consistingoi a single )iece of metalwith 'a readily detachable hand 0 having details of constructionhereinafter given. 7

r In the drawingsFigure'1 is a perspective view of. the flat ironembodied in my invention. Fig. :2 is a side elevation of the sameshowing a portion broken away. Fig. 3 is a front plan View of thehandle.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe body ortion ol' the iron.

ig. 5 is a view in vertica section of the body portion of the Hat iron,taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of thearrow.

As shown in the drawings, my invention comprises a fiat iron c0nsistinof a body portion 6 and a handle 7. The body ortion 6 is cast in a solidmass and the hand e 7 comprises the vertical members 8 and 9, the basesection 10, and the handle section 11. The vertical members 8 and 9 areprovided with wedge-shaped portions or lugs 12 and 13, the lug- 13 is ofthe same form and construction as the lug 12. The body-section 6 isprovided with the openings 14 and 15 the opening 14 is square in sectionat its rear and has its top contracted towards the front to receive thewedge-shaped portion 12 of the vertical member 8. Corres ondingly, theopening 15 which is at the bee of the body portion 6 15 cut away at itsrear. as indicated by the numeral16 in order to receive and guide thewedge-shaped portion 13 at the bottom of the upright member 9, which isthrust forward into place within the front ortion of as indicated b thenumeral 17 in'ordcr to register with t to shape of the wedge-shapedportionor lug. 13.

When the I handle has been slipped into' position within the bodyportion 6, it is secured therein by means of the latchlS, which ismounted upon the inner face of the vertical member 8 bv means-of the in19. The latch 18 is provided with the inger catch 21) byIietters}Pa.tent. Patented Sept. 22, 1908. ,1907. Serial No. 396,471.

l means of which the latch 18 is raised to per- 5 mit the handle 7 to heslipped toward the heel of the body portion 6, to permit of the lremoval of the wedge-shaped portions 12 and 13 from their seats witlnnthe openings 14 and 15.

Bypmeans of the described structure the '-uscr of the flat iron byexerting a finger pressure. beneath the catch 20 and pulling the handle7 toward the heel of the body )ortion G can instantly detach the handleirom the body portion by the use of one hand,' and may immediatelyreplace the handle within another body )OItlOIl by retaining the fingercatch 20 in its raised position, inserting the wedge-shaped portions orlugs 12 and 13 in the openings 1-1 and 15, pulling the handle 7 forwarduntil the wedgeshaped portions 12 and 13 are seated in the forwardportions of the openings 14 and 15 and register therewith, and thenreleasing the finger catch 20 to drop the latch 18 in place in the rearportion of the opening 14,

body portion 6. The latch 18 being vertically mounted is adapted to fallinposition in the rear portion of the opening 14, when in register withthe said opening 14, of its own weight, and when the handle 7 is placedin proper position above the body portion 6,

locked position.

Ilaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tohave secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is:

In a flat iron, the combination of a base or body portion 6 having apliirality of openings 14 and 15, the rear portion of said openingsbeing square in section, the front portions of said openings havingtheir tops contracted;

wedge-shaped )ortions 12 and 13 formed inmountcd upon the inner face ofthe vertical member 8 by means of the pin, 19, and adapted to registerwith the rear portion of the opening 14 when the wedge-shaped member a12 is innormal position within the same, to

l lock the handle 7 securely on the body porthus locking the handle 7 inplace on the.

the latch 18 will automatically drop into its a handle 7 comprisingvertical members 8 and 9, base section 10 and handle section 11; theopening 15, which is 'co'ntracte at its top 1 tegral with sait verticalmembers 8 and 9 re- I spectively and adapted to engage the frontportionof the openings 14 and 15; a latch 18 'prqectm'g at rigfangles from saidlatch, 7 whereby the same is raised to dermi't the retion 6; and afinifr-catb h 20 secured to and namef to this specification subscribingwltx lesses.

m'oval of the handle from the ase, substan- FRANK BONROE' 5 tiallg asdescribed and for the purpose set 'itnesses:

' fort 1 ALFRED A. Evans,

' In testimony whereof, I have sighed my 'ALTEB STEIN.

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